An international scale for all women
All known MRS versions are available below in PDF-format (Adobe Acrobat). As most translations followed recognised methodology for language adaptation, we assume that the translations have linguistic and cultural equivalence.
Researchers interested in using the MRS for non-commercial purposes please contact us (ratingscales@zeg-berlin.de)and inform about your intentions for use of the MRS. After granting non-commercial use, the requested MRS will be provided in PDF format.
For licensing the MRS for commercial purposes please contact us (ratingscales@zeg-berlin.de).
If the scale is applied to countries with the “same” language, e.g. Spain and Mexico, United Kingdom and the United States, a critical review of the translation should be conducted in order to ensure cultural as well as linguistic equivalence. In some cases, a new translation may be necessary.
The following languages are currently available for use:
- Belgium-Dutch version
- Belgium-French version
- Bulgarian version
- Chilean version1
- Chinese – Mainland version2
- Chinese – Taiwan version
- Croatian version
- Danish version
- Dutch version!
- English – UK version
- English – US version
- Finish version
- French version
- German version
- Greece version
- Indonesian version3
- Italian version
- Japanese version
- Korean version
- Mexican/Argentinian version
- Polish version
- Portuguese (Brazil) version!
- Portuguese (Portugal) version!4
- Romanian version
- Russian version
- South African-Afrikaans version
- South African-English version
- Spanish version
- Swedish version
- Tagalog version
- Turkish version
- Ukrainian (Russ.) version
- Ukrainian (Ukrain.) version
1. Aedo M, S; Porcile J, A; Irribarra A, C (2006) Calidad De Vida Relacionada Con El Climaterio En Una Población Chilena De Mujeres Saludables. In : Revista chilena de obstetricia y ginecología, vol. 71, n° 6. DOI: 10.4067/S0717-75262006000600007.
2. Wu, HC; Wen, SH; Hwang, JS; Huang, SC (2015) Validation of the traditional Chinese version of the Menopausal Rating Scale with WHOQOL-BREF. In : Climacteric: the journal of the International Menopause Society, vol. 18, n° 5, p. 750–756. DOI: 10.3109/13697137.2015.1044513.
3. Dwi Susanti, H; Chang, PC; Chung, MH (2019) Construct validity of the Menopause Rating Scale in Indonesia. In : Climacteric: the journal of the International Menopause Society, vol. 22, n° 5, p. 454–459. DOI: 10.1080/13697137.2019.1574737.
4. Espírito Santo, J; Marques de Loureiro, NE; Brandão-Loureiro, V; Aibar-Almazán, A; Hita-Contreras, F (2023) Psychometric properties and validity of the Menopause Rating Scale in postmenopausal Portuguese women. In : Menopause (New York, N.Y.), vol. 30, n° 2, p. 179–185. DOI: 10.1097/GME.0000000000002104.
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